I went to a job interview (hurray!) and it seemed to go well. Sent a thank you note. Sent a follow up some time later, but no descion had been made. Should I contact them again?
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posted by Gin and Comics
on May 13, 2013 -
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Bear with me, this is a little bit abstract out of necessity:
I'm interviewing for a great job which is posted as somewhat outside my social sciences field. Let's call it Field X. One of the things I'm hoping to do in this interview is say that precisely because I am not directly in field X but come from somewhat-related-field Y, I can bring new and important insights to field X. How do I say this without sounding like I'm disparaging field X, which I definitely don't want to do? More thoughts after the jump.
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posted by starcrust
on Apr 26, 2013 -
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I have a need to record phone conversations that occur on an iPhone. What are my options?
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posted by cjorgensen
on Mar 22, 2013 -
5 answers
I had an interview for an okay-fit position. I learned a position with a better fit for my skills recently opened up in the same company, under a different manager. Should the thank you note indicate my intention to apply for the other position as well? Odds of interviewer 1 finding out I applied for job 2 are basically 100%.
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posted by OompaLoompa
on Jan 31, 2013 -
12 answers
I'm interested in making a new podcast/audio interview series for the web. What's the best way to integrate quality phone interview audio into my series, either using my existing podcasting equipment or with new equipment?
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posted by iamisaid
on Jan 20, 2013 -
6 answers
I've been invited to interview with a few grad schools for biochemistry and biophysics doctoral programs. Hooray! What should I expect? How do I prepare? And what the heck do I wear? Complications: extremely poor and wardrobe consists of t-shirts and blue jeans with one proper "job interview" outfit.
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posted by schroedinger
on Jan 2, 2013 -
22 answers
I am interested in becoming a mathematician! I want to do some info interviews to figure out what that actually means for my daily life and future prospects. How do I get started?
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posted by deathpanels
on Nov 20, 2012 -
13 answers
I'm in my final year of study an have been unsuccessful at interviewing for all the graduate jobs I've applied for. I would appreciate advice from fellow New Zealanders regarding what the correct etiquette is in these situations and how I can best represent myself in interviews.
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posted by mataboy
on Nov 1, 2012 -
2 answers
Help me figure out why I'm not getting any bites on jobs-- I get callbacks. I get interviews. But when it comes down to obtaining the job and subsequent paycheck itself, I'm failing.
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posted by camylanded
on Oct 31, 2012 -
14 answers
I was fired and now I'm trying to get hired. How can I tactfully deal with this subject in interviews?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 17, 2012 -
14 answers
Posting for a friend, who writes:
I am currently an academic with a humanities PhD, doing the whole adjunct thing. I have been pursuing non-academic careers for a while, and things might finally be starting to pay off in the form of a phone interview. Trouble is, I haven't had an interview for anything in ten years.
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posted by pised
on Aug 27, 2012 -
5 answers
How do I prepare for an interview for a job that I want, but am most likely not qualified for?
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posted by tokaidanshi
on Aug 16, 2012 -
9 answers
Eight months into a one-year contract, I'm aggressively searching for a new job because of a horrible boss. How should I explain my short stay at the company to recruiters and potential employers?
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posted by anonymous
on May 29, 2012 -
16 answers
Could one get away with saying he was laid off instead of let go for poor performance in an interview? Have you ever heard of anybody being fired for cause because he said he was laid off?
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posted by molamola
on May 20, 2012 -
12 answers
I'm interviewing for a business role at Twitter next week - what do I need to know?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 20, 2012 -
2 answers
I quit my last job due to poor management. I know that interviewers don't want to hear an applicant speak negatively about former employers. Help me spin this.
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posted by ThisKindNepenthe
on Mar 27, 2012 -
12 answers
Help! I have a five minute-teaching demonstration I must present for Teach for America and the New Teacher Project and I am not sure what to do? Advice and suggestions welcome.
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posted by lackadaisical
on Feb 6, 2012 -
15 answers
Companies wanting to get into in-depth salary discussions before they even give you an offer - is this some new trend? I'm used to focusing on my excitement for the position and what it entails during interviews, and dealing with the salary side of things once an offer is in my hand. Having the offer and working with it gives a candidate much more leverage to get into hard negotiations that leave both parties satisfied.
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posted by naju
on Dec 8, 2011 -
25 answers
Best solution for recording phone interviews. Here's my equipment: iPhone, MacBook, iPad. I'm a blogger, and I've been recording my interviews into a recording app on my iPad, or into garageband on my mac, using my iPhone on speakerphone. I'd prefer to not use speakerphone, as it cuts out and sounds like a walkie-talkie. I have an important interview coming up, and I'd like to up my game audio fidelity-wise without buying any other gear. What's my best solution?
posted by letstrythis
on Nov 7, 2011 -
8 answers
I work at a community college in the financial aid office. Next week, I have an internal interview for the Secretary to the Governing Board. My interview committee will be made up of executives from the college. While I generally feel confident in interviews I always struggle coming up with questions for the interviewers. Can you help me come up with questions for the interviewers that are “executive level” and that might help demonstrate my dedication to the college?
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posted by omphale27
on Oct 31, 2011 -
2 answers
I intend on writing a career advice book for a particular field and the content of the book will be interviews with leaders in that particular field. What legal or contractual issues should I be concerned about?
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posted by abdulf
on Oct 25, 2011 -
1 answer
How do you make seemingly boring interviews interesting for an online and print audience?
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posted by jacobean
on Oct 5, 2011 -
14 answers
Everybody knows that people check out people they're interviewing with, but how do you bring that information into the conversation without sounding like a creepy stalker?
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posted by canine epigram
on Aug 7, 2011 -
13 answers
I'm a journalist; I record all my phone interviews, outputting them as WAV files. I just did one, and for reasons I can't determine, the audio levels are haywire - my input (when I'm asking questions) is eardrum-breaking loud; the answers to the questions are whisper-quiet.
I'm trying to figure out how to remedy this automatically; flatten the peaks and boost volume on the whole thing; or flatten the peaks and raise the valleys (or another solution?) I'm on a Mac.
posted by soulbarn
on Jun 20, 2011 -
8 answers
I am in need of tips/advice/help/anything from fellow teachers about job interviews and how to nail them.
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posted by als129
on Jun 13, 2011 -
10 answers
I'm a social scientist heading off to do a year of field research, which will include lots and lots and lots of interviewing. What tools to you recommend to keep all your interviewees' data straight, and to show how they are connected to each other?
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posted by foodmapper
on Jun 6, 2011 -
8 answers
I am trying to remember the address of a website that had a lot of interviews with various people (writers, programmers, entrepreneurs, geeks and such) about their computing setups.
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posted by sk381
on May 4, 2011 -
1 answer
I started a new job a month ago but it's turned out to be totally different than what I expected - and I want out. I'm within the three month probation period, but how hard is it going to be to find a new job? More questions inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 8, 2011 -
14 answers
I recently started interviewing for jobs for the first time in 7 years. Every single job (coordinator positions) seems to require multiple interviews and/or tests. The process can go on for two weeks. A friend who is trying to get a job as a waiter in a catering company told me he has gone through the same multiple interview thing! Is this common now, due to the recession, or what? I didn't get the first two jobs. I must come across as exhausted as I feel.
posted by PJSibling
on Apr 1, 2011 -
28 answers
Interviewers/HR people: what's the best cover letter you've ever read, the one that made you want to hire that person on the spot?
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posted by T.D. Strange
on Mar 21, 2011 -
26 answers
(Best) online scheduling tool to allow candidates to select a time slot for phone screens/interviews?
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posted by CruiseSavvy
on Mar 2, 2011 -
4 answers
I have an interview that includes an algorithm test with a financial services firm. This is for a "Senior Developer" type of position. Perusing through GlassDoor's interview questions for a lot of firms (Amazon.com in particular) has me nervous. What's the best way to prepare for this? I've been out of school for awhile and never use the language "breadth-first search" or "find the intersection of a linked list" in my day-to-day life.
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posted by anonymous unit 4000
on Feb 16, 2011 -
7 answers
It's been a week since I interviewed for a position, and I've not heard back yet. I need help drafting an email asking for an update, and also help on using one offer against another.
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posted by gchucky
on Feb 9, 2011 -
16 answers
My mojo quite suddenly vacated during an interview yesterday. Help me get it back so I don't botch the other 2 interviews I have this week.
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posted by Cat Pie Hurts
on Jan 26, 2011 -
20 answers
